Money Box Live: Electric Cars
Money Box
BBC
4.2 • 825 Ratings
🗓️ 25 July 2018
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
The future of motoring looks set to be increasingly electric with the Government committed to ban the sale of petrol and diesel cars by 2040. That commitment was strengthened this month with the unveiling of a new Road to Zero strategy aimed at boosting the country's electric vehicle infrastructure with proposals including fitting chargers in new developments, offices and even lampposts.
But how does buying and running an electric car compare to petrol and diesel and what might you have to consider when making the switch? Electricity can certainly be cheaper than traditional fuels but how do you navigate the range of charging options available? There're also a number of Government grants to consider- what's on offer and how can you apply?
Joining Paul Lewis are Consumer Editor at What Car?, Claire Evans, Head of Go Ultra Low, Poppy Welch and Director of Zap Map, Melanie Shufflebotham.
Email your questions to moneybox@bbc.co.uk or you can call 03700 100 444 between 1pm and 3.30pm on Wednesday 25th July 2018. Standard geographic charges from landlines and mobiles will apply.
Presenter: Paul Lewis Producer: Tom Hill Editor: Charlotte McDonald.
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| 0:00.0 | In Northern Ireland, from the late 70s to the early 90s, the IRA killed over 40 alleged informers. |
| 0:08.0 | But the man who often found, tortured and sometimes killed these people on behalf of the IRA |
| 0:12.0 | was himself an informer, a secret British army agent with the codename Stakeknife. |
| 0:18.0 | Who gets to play God? And why me? Why my family? |
| 0:21.3 | When lies are still being told to this day, who do you believe? |
| 0:25.1 | I wouldn't even know where to start, and I'm with the IRA. |
| 0:28.5 | Steakknife. |
| 0:29.7 | Listen first on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:32.6 | This is the BBC. |
| 0:36.9 | Welcome to the download of Moneybox Live, the program about your money. |
| 0:41.2 | Hello, electric cars are now official government policy. We have to get rid of petrol and diesel |
| 0:47.0 | cars off our roads if we're going to make sure not only that we deal with the health problems that air |
| 0:51.0 | pollution causes, but also that we meet our climate change targets. |
| 0:55.0 | UK government with industry in the UK is supporting the growth of this industry, with half a billion pounds of new funding, |
| 1:02.0 | as well as developing new technologies for charging of electric cars. |
| 1:07.0 | We've set a very clear goal of reaching a point where by the year 2040 there are no new sales in |
| 1:13.2 | this country of traditional petrol and diesel vehicles. Yes, that's right. By 2040, no new |
| 1:20.1 | petrol or diesel cars will be sold in the UK. That statement by Transport Secretary Chris |
| 1:25.7 | Grayling earlier this month launched the document Road to Zero. |
| 1:30.3 | Last year, just over 1 in 20 new cars were electric. |
| 1:33.3 | By 2030, the government wants that to be at least half, |
| 1:36.4 | and then by 2040 100%. |
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